Strip cutting and forming machine.



W. P. HICKOK.

STRIP CUTTING AND FORMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION mm OCT. 28, 1908. RENEWED MAR. 9,19xe.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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STRIP CUTTING AND FORMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2a. 1908. RENEWED MAR.9,1916.

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STRIP CUTTING AND FORIVIING MACHINE.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 11 1916 Application filed October 28, 1908, Serial No. 459,854. Renewed March 9, 1916. Serial 1%. 83,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. HICKOK,

.a citizen of the United States, and'residing at Mount Vernon, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have 1nvented a certain new and useful Strip Cutiting and Forming Machine, of which the along the cut edges.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device which so cuts andmolds or bevels at a single operation, and in certain aspects of the invention a device which is suitable for operating upon a material which is arranged in plies such as card-board and which may have a surface ply of highly finished material, such as super-calendered paper, the device acting to leave the surface ply over the molded or beveled portion, and thus presenting the same appearance thereon as upon the face.

Of the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in elevation illustrating a mechanism parts of which embody the principles-of invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the cutting and forming device; Fig. 3 is a view of parts shown in Fig. l at one stage of operating upon the material; Fig. 4 is a view of the same parts at a different stage of operating upon the material; Fig. 5 shows the cutting and molding device after the operation upon the material is completed; Fig. 6 shows one of the completed strips which are the product of the machine; Fig. 7 is a frag mentary view. on a larger scale of the cutting and forming device; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged end view of such a strip as is shown in Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings herewith a device operated by power is shown, illustrating the principles of the invention, although such a device may be constructed which is manually operable.

In the accompanying drawings a cutting and forming device 1 is shown provided with cutting means for separating a sheet of material into strips, the said cutting means being shown herein as comprising a plurality of knives 2 arranged parallel to each other. In connection with the cutting means there are shown means for compressing the face of the strip along the cutting edge so as to give a portion along said edge angle to the face.

which is molded with respect to the face. In the illustrated form thereof, a beveled portion 3 isshown adjacent to a knife 2 and arranged so that as the knife 2 cuts down through the material in a direction parallel to the faces of the sheet of material, the portion 3 will come in contact with the cut edge and mold or compress it at a bevel or The surfaces 3 are shown herein as being arranged longitudinally along the knives 2, parallel to the knives and parallel to each other. The said knives and molding surfaces may be arranged in gangs of any desired number and as shown herein two molding surfaces 3 are shown arranged between two knives so that as a strip is cut off from the material by the two knives it is held firmly in position as the cutting proceeds and the two molding surfaces 3 come down thereon and bevel the edges.

As shown herein the device 1 is provided with guides 4 working on ways 5 to give a reciprocatory motion to the device 1. Pivoted links 6 are shown connecting the device 1 to a crank shaft 7 which may be driven from a suitable source of power by any convenient means such'as a belt pulley 8. A support 9 for the material to be operated upon is also shown. It will be understood, however, that the main features of the invention, as set forth in the claims herewith, are independent of the constructions just described.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the device 1 is shown as the cutting operation alone is being performed upon the material 10. In Fig. 4 of the drawings the device is shown in such relation to the material that the cut ting and compressing operations are just completed, or nearing completion. In Fig. 5 of the drawings the device 1 is shown free of the material, the material having been cut into'strips 11 with the edges 13 of the face 12 molded or beveled as shown in Figs. 6 and 8 of the drawings.

The manner of operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be seen also that the structure provided realizes the objects of invention and the advantages herein set forth together with other objects and ad the surface 12 and the surfaces 13 are of the same appearance and texture, I Such Slips are useful in the changeable directories and the product may also have other uses.

What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure 'byLett'ers Patent, 'is: 7

'1. A device for cutting cardboard she'ets into strips and molding the cut stripsfs'aid device comprising in combination a "flat bed upon which the sheet is laid, and a iii-ember movable-to and" from said bed,{sa-id member being provided With a thin, straight blade for cutting doWn through the 'm aterial, a beveled surface arranged longitudinally of said blade and joining on thereto -for compressing the cardboard along the straight edge of the cut,-after the but has been made by the bladeto bevel a portion only of'the depth of the cut and leaving the surface of the cardboard upon said beveled portion.

'2. A device for cutting cardboard sheets into strips and molding the strips, said device comprising in combination a flat bed upon which the sheet is laid, a member movable to and fro relatively to said bed, said member 'being provided with 'a plurality of thin, straight blades for 'cutting said sheet as it rests upon said bed, said blades being arranged parallel to each other and substantially 'in a plane, and beveled surfaces arranged longitudinally to and joining said blades at a distance from their (flitting"edlg eis, iivlferebytlie cardboard strip I betiveentivo adjacent blades is compressed along the straight' e'dge of the cut formed by the blade to form a bevel for a portion of the depth of the out while preserving the surfaceof the cardboard upon "Said beveled portion.

3. Adevice fo'rcutting into strips a-sheet 'offcardboard "o r other compressible material "comprisingfin"combination a support for a sheet oftheinaterial to be"cut,a support for 'a'pliirality of blades, a plurality of thin, straight blades carried by said support and arranged parallel to each other, a beveled surface arranged longitudinally of a blade, away *from'the edge of said blade, and on the side thereof toward another blade,-

whereby the material along the straight edge of the cut formed by said blade is compress'edto abevel for a portion of the depth of said'cut, while the out strip of material is confined between the tWo blades, and means for moving one of said supports toward and from the other. 7

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\ WILLIAM P. HI'CKOK.

VVitnesses HENRY C. WVAGNER, J. O. DALTON.

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